"A Republic, if you can keep it."

[Dutch Uncle]

would you care to show me where I said I wanted to overthrow capitalism? or the constitution?

Aren't you "anti-globalist"? WTF do you think that means?

Do you really believe the most Americans think suspending the Constitution is Constitutional? I do not. Are you claiming you do not support disgraced ex-general Flynn's suggestion to Trump?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

what if we just make america great again, instead of selling it out to china, like china joe dnc?

Legion, just because you claim a lie is true doesn't make a lie true. If what you said was true, why didn't Trump and the Republican Senate stop it? Why do you believe only suspension of the Constitution and imposing martial law is the only remaining recourse?

 

[PoliTalker]

btw, it should really be said in response to the phrase:

"A Republic, if you can keep it."

The questioner WAS able to keep it, and it has outlived the questioner many generations over.

And now it appears to be surviving even Trump.

Who-freaking-RAY !!!

 

[PoliTalker]

Hello Dutch Uncle,

Thanks. No worries. I replied on the Tweet Thread.

BTW, when Trump says "We have just begun to fight" it means he's hiding in his toilet Tweeting and hoping others will risk their lives on the streets. In some ways, I do home hundreds of armed Trump supporters take to the streets so the military can round them up and put them in Trump's cages on the border. Take their kids and put the kids in foster homes with no paperwork to show who their real parental idiots used to be. It'd be Karmic.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1337755964339081216

OK, made me laugh at that one! And you know I TRY not to be amused at vindictive stuff.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Hello Dutch Uncle,

OK, made me laugh at that one! And you know I TRY not to be amused at vindictive stuff.

It's good to laugh at ourselves and better to laugh at our own government.

 

[PoliTalker]

Hello Geeko Sportivo,

Let me just say this about Republics!

Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, even the Congo are all Republics!

Being a Republic doesn't say much- It depends on what kind of Republic a country is!

For example, If Trump would have won re-election, we would be a "BANANA REPUBLIC" IN SHORT SHIFT!

So anytime an idiot Republican Asshole says, WE AREN'T A DEMOCRACY- WE ARE A REPUBLIC!

Tell them, "OK! That's half True- and half False"!

The other half of the truth is "AMERICA IS A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC"!

I thought the answer was going to be:

"Of what sort? Banana?"

 

[SmarterthanYou]

I have not a clue as to what you are talking about or referring to.

You'll have to be more specific than that with that line of questioning!

if you tyrant lovers get a law passed that violates the rights of the people, what is our first recourse to ignore said violation?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Most Americans support the status quo and will be very, very fucking upset if asshats like you make some stupid attempt to fuck up the status quo. Very upset. Some would be so insane about it that they'd hint about killing your entire family, then you, and burning down the entire house on top of the bodies. Those nuts are out there, ain't they? LOL

when that status quo infringes on my natural rights, like my 2nd Amendment, then they can get as upset as they like. by all means, come after me and my family.............but they'll never make it within 200 yards of me.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Take that up with the Supreme court!

I didn't write the Constitution! But I do abide to it!

are you not one of 'we the people'???????

 

[SmarterthanYou]

How long have you been a mercenary?

I was one for 6 years, until I recognized the corruption in washington and how they use the military for their own material gains......

 

[Dutch Uncle]

when that status quo infringes on my natural rights, like my 2nd Amendment, then they can get as upset as they like. by all means, come after me and my family.............but they'll never make it within 200 yards of me.

Agreed on rights. WTF does that have to do with suspending the Constitution and imposing martial law across the land?

You are free to hide in your bunker...like Biden. LOL

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Aren't you "anti-globalist"? WTF do you think that means?

i'm not globalist or anti globalist............guilt by association was done away with because of ratification........hadn't you heard?

Do you really believe the most Americans think suspending the Constitution is Constitutional? I do not. Are you claiming you do not support disgraced ex-general Flynn's suggestion to Trump?

I do not support suspending the constitution. In fact, I support enforcing it at the point of a sword or the barrel of a gun.........all those who stand against it deserve to die a traitors death

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

are you not one of 'we the people'???????

I'd like to think so. But no my vote don't always count! We Gerrymander here in this state! I live in Dallas County! Our votes don't mean poodly squat!

 

[SmarterthanYou]

I'd like to think so. But no my vote don't always count! We Gerrymander here in this state! I live in Dallas County! Our votes don't mean poodly squat!

therein lies your problem. you were given the right and the freedom to protect your rights against the majority, so that if you were NOT considered one of 'we the people', you could fight back. Sadly, you've told me that you don't think you deserve that option by infringing and restricting that right. you prefer government enforce the will of the majority and not protect the rights of the minority from them. I live in Tarrant County, do you think my vote counted?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I was one for 6 years, until I recognized the corruption in washington and how they use the military for their own material gains......

If that's all you considered your service in the Marine Corps, then you were never a Marine at all.

Where did you stand on Trump firing General Mattis?

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

if you tyrant lovers get a law passed that violates the rights of the people, what is our first recourse to ignore said violation?

I don't know of anything the Democrats have done to violate anyone else's rights.

Do you believe that we should have driver's licenses? Do you believe we should register our cars? Do you believe we should be forced to carry AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE? Do you believe that it should be legal to buy plastic explosives? WHY?

 

[Althea]

Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying "A Republic if you can keep it" in response to a question following his exit from Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Although there is no proof positive, the response came from Mrs. Elizabeth Willing Powell's question, "Well, Doctor. What have we got? A Republic or monarchy?" Mrs Powell was the wife of Philadelphia Mayor Samuel Powel and both a prominent social figure, but also a friend of Franklin.

Flash forward over 230 years and the question remains the same "Well, Doctor, what have we got? A Republic or a monarchy?" The answer also remains the same: "A Republic if you can keep it."

Already JPP has seen a handful of Alt-Right members favor suspending the Constitution and imposing martial law across the land until further notice. That's not how a Republic does things. That's how a monarch does things.

Some of us knew that trump is cancer. Others just had to see proof.

Truthfully, many in the GOP knew it, but they sold out to the devil in exchange for tax cuts and stacked courts. Now they will pay.


trump's incompetence has only worsened in the last 4 years. He's grossly miscalculated the odds of someone taking him out if he continues down this road.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

i'm not globalist or anti globalist............guilt by association was done away with because of ratification........hadn't you heard?

I do not support suspending the constitution. In fact, I support enforcing it at the point of a sword or the barrel of a gun.........all those who stand against it deserve to die a traitors death

Then how can you justify Trump floating the idea of doing so and imposing martial law?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

If that's all you considered your service in the Marine Corps, then you were never a Marine at all.

you don't want to do that. My experience with the officer corps in my last unit soured me on almost all officers, so given that, I'd say that you were never a Marine at all.
Possibly, the only thing good I experienced as a Marine was the brotherhood of those I served with...........and even that wasn't 100%. So, if you consider someone who blindly follows orders, with implicit trust in their commanders and civilians in charge, the only mark of a true Marine, then you don't really know what a Marine is in the first place, officer.

Where did you stand on Trump firing General Mattis?

the same as I did with anything Trump did.
1) he was the CIC, so he could do it, his prerogative
2) it pissed me off even more about civilians not knowing a damned thing about respecting the advice of military commanders, making me even happier I didn't stay in longer than 6 years

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Some of us knew that trump is cancer. Others just had to see proof.

Truthfully, many in the GOP knew it, but they sold out to the devil in exchange for tax cuts and stacked courts. Now they will pay.

trump's incompetence has only worsened in the last 4 years. He's grossly miscalculated the odds of someone taking him out if he continues down this road.

It would have been an easier choice for many if it hadn't been just Trump or Hillary.